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|scientific = ''Porcellus barbavolta''. ''Porcellus'' is the second word in the species name for guinea pigs, which the Bearded Amprat is similar to. ''Barba'' is Latin for "beard", while ''volta'' is derived from "{{w|Volt}}", a unit of electric potential. | |scientific = ''Porcellus barbavolta''. ''Porcellus'' is the second word in the species name for guinea pigs, which the Bearded Amprat is similar to. ''Barba'' is Latin for "beard", while ''volta'' is derived from "{{w|Volt}}", a unit of electric potential. | ||
|jpcommon = {{j|ビリー|Birī|Billy}}. It may be derived from {{j|ビリビリ|biribiri}}, an onomatopoeia often used in Japanese to describe the sound of electricity. | |jpcommon = {{j|ビリー|Birī|Billy}}. It may be derived from {{j|ビリビリ|biribiri}}, an onomatopoeia often used in Japanese to describe the sound of electricity. | ||
|jpname = {{j|テンジクシビレネズミ|Tenjiku Shibire Nezumi}}. {{j|シビレ|Shibire}} means "numbness", referring to its ability to paralyze Pikmin, while {{j|テンジクネズミ|Tenjiku Nezumi}} means "{{w|guinea pig}}" | |jpname = {{j|テンジクシビレネズミ|Tenjiku Shibire Nezumi}}. {{j|シビレ|Shibire}} means "numbness", referring to its ability to paralyze Pikmin, while {{j|テンジクネズミ|Tenjiku Nezumi}} means "{{w|guinea pig}}". | ||
|internal = Its internal name, <code>billy</code>, matches its Japanese name. | |internal = Its internal name, <code>billy</code>, matches its Japanese name. | ||
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